Police Looking for Tatiana Huffman, Disabled Lake Worth Girl (UPDATE: Found)

UPDATE, 10:04 a.m.: Police say she was found unharmed about 6 a.m. today. She hid in an abandoned house when she saw all the police activity in her neighborhood. Original post, 5:55 a.m.:Lake Worth 12-year-old Tatiana Huffman walked away from her house at 329 S. M St. in Lake Worth...

By Rich Abdill

February 29, 2012

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UPDATE, 10:04 a.m.: Police say she was found unharmed about 6 a.m. today. She hid in an abandoned house when she saw all the police activity in her neighborhood. Original post, 5:55 a.m.:

Lake Worth 12-year-old Tatiana Huffman walked away from her house at 329 S. M St. in Lake Worth yesterday evening and disappeared, police say. She is five feet tall and weighs 135 pounds and was last seen wearing a pink and black zebra-print shirt, black leggings, and green sandals.

"Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office considers Tatiana Huffman to be a Missing/Endangered Child," a release said late Tuesday. "Tatiana has the mental capacity of a 5 year old. "

Police are using patrols, helicopters, bloodhounds and...

... automated calls to the community in English, Spanish, and Creole to try to locate Huffman, according to a separate statement sent early this morning. Detectives also checked up on 30 registered sex offenders within a two-mile radius of her home. Sheriff's deputies stopped going door to door in the community just after midnight but are set to resume early today.

If you know anything, police ask that you call the PBSO at 561-688-3375.

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